The 26-year-old rowdy sheeter who had escaped within 24 hours of his arrest by duping policemen near ITI Grounds in KR Puram has been arrested near Mysuru as he was going to a temple to offer prayers. Prashanth, alias Raju, a resident of Maruthi Nagar in Marathahalli, had escaped in the wee hours of Sunday.

A team of Whitefield police arrested Prashanth near the Chamundi Hills on Wednesday after receiving a tipoff as he was going to offer prayers. The accused was then brought to the city and produced before a magistrate. He has been taken into police custody.

Prashanth is wanted in nearly 20 cases including murder, attempt to murder, robbery, extortion, kidnap and assault. The accused is also involved in a kidnap attempt made on Vinay Bidare, 37, the media coordinator of KS Eshwarappa, leader of opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, in May this year. Bidare had filed a complaint in this regard with the Mahalakshmi Layout police.

The city police, who are on a drive to arrest notorious rowdy sheeters, had arrested Prashanth along with his associate Aravind in the wee hours of July 7. The Whitefield division police who made his arrest were taking him to KR Puram after he claimed that he had hidden some weapons there. On their way, Prashanth asked the cops to let him attend natures call near ITI Grounds. Once out of the jeep, he managed to escape after pushing the policemen. The accused was not handcuffed when he escaped and an enquiry has been ordered into the incident.

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